Court grants bail to Tuobodom chief

The Sunyani Magistrate court ‘B’, on Wednesday granted GHC 10,000 self recognizance bail each with surety to Nana Baffour Asare II, Omanhene of Tuobodom and Samuel Adjei Boahen his secretary.

Nana Asare and Boahen are standing trial at the court presided over by Mr Joseph Mensah for abetment of crime and attempted murder.

They would reappear on March 16.

The two were in court for allegedly aiding and abetting Kwaku Addae, Appiah Kusi Kwabena Marcus, Seth Boadu, Kwaku Abraham and others now at large to commit murder.

The presiding judge ordered that all prosecution witnesses must be arraigned for the trial to commence in the next adjournment. Read more

US apologises over Gaddafi comments

The US state department has apologised for comments made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s call for jihad against Switzerland. Department spokesman PJ Crowley, who made the dismissive comments, said they did not reflect US policy and were not intended to offend.

Col Gaddafi had criticised a Swiss vote against the building of minarets and urged Muslims to boycott the country.

Mr Crowley described it as “lots of words, not necessarily a lot of sense.”

Libya and Switzerland are embroiled in a long-running diplomatic row.

Clarification

Source: BBC NEWS

King Makers distance from King Tackie Tawiah’s ‘insults’ on Mills

The controversy surrounding the recognition of the Ga Mantse by the state has taken a different twist with the king makers of the Ga Traditional Council disowning the Ga Mantse.

Nii Tackie Tawiah III had accused government of sidelining him and disrespecting the tradition of the Ga people.

He also questioned the quality of advisers to President John Mills concerning the Ga tradition, stating the Ga people are no fools to be treated with contempt.

Government spokespersons in reaction challenged the Ga Mantse to resolve all litigations challenging his authority and get himself gazetted in order to be recognized by the state.

Only when the dust of controversy between the government and the office of the Ga chief appear to be settling, the King makers have waded into the saga, challenging the legitimacy of the Ga mantse and dissociating the Ga state from the comments made by Nii Tackie Tawiah III. Read more

Three Arrested For Printing Fake Dollars

THREE GHANAIANS who are believed to be printing fake United States of America dollar bills for circulation have been arrested by the Accra Regional Police Command.

The police, upon a tip off, arrested the men whose names were given as Robert Kwesi Mensah, 55, Nyameke mensah, 49, and Robert Goeke –Mensah, 37, at their Abossey Okai hideout.

A search by the police led to the retrieval of sizeable pieces of paper which were shaped like dollar bills and are believed to be the ones used in printing bills, rolls of cotton wool and other chemicals.

The fake dollar bills retrieved amounted to $280,000.

Confirming the story to DAILY GUIDE, ASP George Luri, the Regional CID Operations Officer, indicated that on Tuesday March 9 2010, around 2:30 am, the police received information that a group of men were dealing drugs at Abossey Okai. Read more

78-Year-Old Woman Jailed

MADAM SERWAA Akoto, a 78-year-old fishmonger at Saltpond in the Mfanstiman West Municipality, has been jailed by the Cape Coast High Court Four to three months’ imprisonment for contempt of court.

The case was presided over by Justice Victor Ayimey. Briefing DAILY GUIDE on Tuesday, a family member who spoke on condition of anonymity stated that one Ekua Amissah sued Madam Akoto in 1990 over a piece of land at Saltpond District Court, claiming damages for trespassing.

The family member said the case went on for some time and was later transferred to the Abura Dunkwa District Court, bearing the same suit number CS 290/99.

She further said in 2001, Madam Akoto’s lawyer sought permission from the court to be ordained as a reverend minister, a situation which made the court abandon the case since the plaintiff never went to the court. Read more

Rawlings’ constitutional privileges were never curtailed – Malik Baako

Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr. says former president Rawlings was never stripped off his constitutionally guaranteed privileges.

According to him, protocol courtesies which are not captured in the Constitution but left to the discretion of the government in power were rather withdrawn.

He was responding to NDC Propaganda Secretary Richard Quashigah’s claims that ex-president Rawlings was stripped of all his privileges – denied the use of VVIP lounge and that he actually had to carry his own bags when travelling and go through security checks – when the NPP was in government. Read more

Kotoko, Hearts Console Kessben

THE TWO most glamorous clubs in the country, Kotoko and Hearts, have sent consolatory messages to Kessben FC following the unexpected death of their player, Bartholomew Yeboah.

Yeboah died a day after he collapsed in Kessben FC’s 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Liberty last Sunday.

The entire Kotoko team, led by Head Coach Paa Kwesi Fabin, on Tuesday morning stormed the Aseda House at Adum, owned by Kessben FC owner Kwabena Kesse, to show their support.

The Kotoko team, after the day’s morning training, paid the visit wearing their training kits to mourn with their city rivals who are in turbulent times.

Speaking on Kessben FM, Paa Kwesi Fabin grieved over the death of the young boy whom he described as promising and a huge potential.

He said Yeboah’s death is a great blow to Ghana soccer so he called for God’s protection and comfort for the bereaved family including the entire Kessben FC team.

Kotoko, he noted, would contribute actively to ensure that a befitting funeral was accorded the young player. Read more

AS Monaco Chase Tawrick

FRENCH LEAGUE side, AS Monaco have shown serious interest in Hearts of Oak’s young talented star Tawrick Jibril.

Jibril has been on the radar of AS Monaco for sometime now and the club want to offer him the opportunity for a justifier this time.

A source said both Hearts of Oak and Jibril’s managers have been informed about the AS Monaco interest.

According to the source, Hearts are willing to let their prized asset go for the trials but the player’s managers are not interested in the deal.

Tawrick’s managers, he said, want the boy to see through his contract at Hearts which has a few months to go, before deciding on the player’s future.

From I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi

Source: Daily Guide

Man Utd 4 – 0 AC Milan (agg 7 – 2)

David Beckham’s return to Old Trafford was brief and ended in the disappointment of comprehensive defeat as Manchester United swept past AC Milan into the Champions League quarter-finals.

Beckham only made a 27-minute appearance as a substitute, and while he was deservedly given a rapturous reception on the ground where he was once idolised, he found himself overshadowed by Wayne Rooney’s latest masterclass.

AC Milan’s hopes of reaching the last eight were already extinguished by the time Beckham entered to a standing ovation with United leading 3-0 – and Rooney was the man responsible as he repeated his two-goal demolition of the Italians at the San Siro on home territory. Read more

Truth behind King of Pop’s private life

Three of Michael Jackson’s former bodyguards are speaking out about the late pop star’s private life and revealing details about his girlfriends and what kind of father he was.

Mike Garcia, Bill Whitfield and Javon “BJ” Beard appeared on “Good Morning America” on Tuesday and called Jackson – who died on June 25 – an “awesome” dad.

“The kids were constantly saying, ‘I love you, Daddy…They were like four buddies,” Garcia said, explaining that one of the activities that Jackson loved to do was take his three kids – Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket – to fast food drive-throughs. The guards said the singer would often get a kick out of ordering himself. Read more

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